Improvement in hydrants



@gm 1 I fi/wM/w/W N-PEIERS. PHOTO LITHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON D C PATENTOFFICE.

GEORGE J. ROSS AND H. W. Eoss, OF NEW YoEK,"N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT lN' HYDRANTS'.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,473, dated June 3,1862.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE J. Ross and H. W. Ross, of the city of NewYork, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Hydrants;

and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification,

. in which" Figures 1, 2, and 3 are sectional elevations of ourinvention; Fig. 4, a horizontal-section of Fig. 3, taken in the line as:0.

Similar lettersof reference indicate. corresponding partsin the severalfigures.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct ourinvention, we

will proceed to describe it.

A represents'thestock or post of a hydrant, andB is a tube attachedthereto by rings or clasps' G, which admit of the tube turning freely inthem.

The tube B is provided at its upper end with a horizontal nozzle, C, theouter part of which is curved downward. The lower end of the tube B' isscrewed or otherwise fitted to the I plug or spigot a of a cock, D,which is in the main or supply pipe E, and when open affords acommunication between the tube B and supply-pipe E.

The cock D is opened and closed by turning its plug or spigot a, and asthe tube B is attached thereto it follows as a matter of course that thewater may be discharged from the hydrant and cut off by simply turningsaid tube B, which is the eduction pipe.

To' the eduction tube or pipe B (shown in Figs. 1 and 2) there isattached a ring, b,which has a projection or .eye, 0, into which theupper end of a spring, F, fits. This spring may be simply a piece ofsteel wire. It should be of requisite thickness and strength to keep,when not acted upon, the tube B in such a position that the cock will beclosed.

- The position of the spring F in Figs. 1 and 2 is directly behind thetube or pipe B and keeps the nozzle 0 in a position at right angles withthestock or post A, as shownin Fig. 2. In order therefore to admit ofthe dis charge of the water from the hydrant the op erator turns thetube or pipe B either to the right or left, and thereby opens the cockD, the water flowing np through the tube B and out from the nozzle 0.When the operator releases the nozzle 0, the spring F turns the tube orpipe B back to its original position and closes cock D.

In Fig. 3 a spring, G, is shown bearing against an arm, H, whichprojects from the tube or pipe B, as shown in Fig. 4, the spring and armbeing so arranged relatively with the tube and its nozzle as to keep thelatter in contact with the stock or post A.

The arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is preferable where one hydrantis placed between two yards, as the nozzle may be turned GEO. J. ROSS.H. W. ROSS.

Witnesses:

M. M. LIVINGSTON, JAMES LAIRD.

